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7 de may. de 2024 · Marshall Sahlins (born December 27, 1930, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died April 5, 2021, Chicago) was an American anthropologist, educator, activist, and author who through his study of the people and culture of the South Pacific—primarily Hawaii and Fiji—made monumental contributions to his field.
Hace 5 días · Academics for a generation or more have struggled for new ways to make their work seem new. One of their chief strategies has been, and remains, interdisciplinary research. The anthropologist Marshall Sahlins once maintained that interdisciplinary work is the process that multiplies the assumptions of one discipline by those of another.
Hace 1 día · The problem, though, is that there’s always been a much more robust explanation, the one used by what anthropologist Marshall Sahlins named “most of humanity.” By that phrase he meant the vast majority of human societies throughout history who interacted — and still interact — with spirits as part of their daily life.
29 de abr. de 2024 · “Leveraged by the mass and energy of the students, they awakened the conscience of the nation,” recalls Marshall Sahlins, who helped organize the inaugural event. The anti-war teach-ins became...
Hace 5 días · Degrowth questioning of the mainstream conceptions of a good life (e.g., Muraca, 2012; 2014; Kallis et al., 2018; Büchs and Koch, 2019) goes back to the criticism of the notions of “development”, “progress”, or “quality of life” brought forward in the 1970s by authors such as Ivan Illich, Andé Gorz, and Marshall Sahlins.
30 de abr. de 2024 · As American Anthropologist Marshall Sahlins pointed out, cultures are never static and always transform due to contact with others. It is essential to recognise that Indigenous culture in...
15 de may. de 2024 · Marshall Sahlins, with the Assistance of Frederick B. Henry Jr., The New Science of the Enchanted Universe: An Anthropology of Most of Humanity. David N. Gellner; BOOK REVIEW 17 January 2024 Pages: 113 - 116 Peter Brooks, Seduced by Story: The Use and Abuse of Narrative. Marya Schechtman ...
